Development & Colonialism: 12-14 September 2007
International Conference Announcement
[Posted on 27 April 2007]
Interdisciplinary Conference
Development and Colonialism: The Past in the Present
12 -14 September 2007
Clifton Hill House, University of Bristol
An interdisciplinary conference organised by the International Development
and Governance Research Group, Department of Politics, University of
Bristol.
This year is the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade. To mark
this occasion the IDG group has organised an interdisciplinary conference
entitled Development and Colonialism: The Past in the Present. The
conference explores the interconnections between abolition, development
and colonialism and the continuing relevance of these unfinished projects
in shaping the present. This includes rediscovering colonialism as a
series of developmental initiatives in the art of governing different
cultures and peoples that otherwise would remain lacking or incomplete. It
is here that resonances with the present exist and our understanding of
the renewed wave of Western interventionism within zones of crisis and
radical autonomy can be helped.
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